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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-26
The Diphtheria ScOurge.

This dread disease has been unusu-
ally prevalent this fall in some parts of
New England. Burlington, Rutland and
a number of smaller towns in this state
have each reported a number of cases.
In Portland, Maine, the disease made
such progress as to compel closing of
the public and private schools in the
infected part of the city. Waterbury,
Conn, last week reported fifty cases
and eight deaths. In Springfield,
Mass, the board of health closed three
schools in the south part of the city as
measure of precaution against the
spread of diphtheria. Since January
forty-seven cases and eighteen deaths
have been reported in that city. Several
cases have been reported in Manches-
ter, n. H., and at other important
points. The percentage of mortality
recorded by this disease is hardly less
than that of cholera or yellow fever,
and vet in many places there is great
lack of precaution to stay its ravages.
Dr. Hanrahan of Rutland, who has at
tended the majority of cases in that
village, says: g am confident that the
epidemic has been caused entirely by
atmospheric poison, originating in
filth and decaying matter about the
houses, and if due precaution is only
taken in season no disastrous results
will follow" The New Jersey state
board of health attributes part of the
increase of diphtheria in various sec
tons of that state to damp cellars sud
denly heated when the fires are lighted
in the fall. 1t is asserted that during
the summer in many cellars much veg
etable matter is allowed to decay, which
in the fall is stirred up, mingled with
the dampness of the cellar and carried
over the entire house with the upward
currents of air from the furnace or
stove. Neglected cellars are fruitful
causes of disease and death. Some
writers on the subject assert that diph-
liberia is produced by germ of MAS
matte origin, while others claim that
the true cause is yet undiscovered, for
cases have occurred in localities where
the atmosphere is dry, the drinking
water pure, the drainage perfect, and
where the disease could not have been
communicated by infection. However
this may be, it would probably not be diff
ficult to trace the majority of cases to the
causes already mentioned. There is nc
disputing the fact thatit is a contagious
and treacherous disease, more difficult
of control than smallpox, and demands
as radical action for its suppression
Therefore its appearance in com
munity should be followed by prompt
and sharp measures of prevention.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-26

Hon. ELIHU b. WAsHBURNE, farmer,
printer, lawyer. statesman and dip
lomat, died in Chicago on Saturday,
after a few weeks illness, of congestion
of the heart and brain. He was born
in Livermore, Maine, in 1916, and was
one of seven brothers, four of whom
have been members of congress and
occupied other positions of distinction,
and the others have been more or less
prominent in political and business
life. Mr.. Washburne began his career
as school-teacher and served an APP
premiership in a printing-oflice. Then
he studied law and after his admission
to the bar he went to Illinois, where he
soon acquired large practice and en-
gagged in politics. He was first elected
to congress in 1852 and remained in
the house sixteen years. His service
in congress was very active and able.
He was instrumental in framing and
passing the bill which conferred the
rank of acknowledgement on U. S.
Grant, and subsequently that by which
the same great soldier became general
of the armies. In 1869 he was APP
pointed secretary of state by President
Grant, but resigned in a few weeks to
accept the position of minister to
France. His services in the turbulent
period of the Franco-German war will
be well remembered. After his return
Mr.. Washburne was frequently men
toned as a candidate for president,
and in 1880 he received forty-four votes
in the contest which terminated in
Garfeld's favor. He had of late years
followed the life of private citizen,
enjoying especially literary pursuits,
and his recent articles on "Paris Dur
ing the Commune" published in Serb
ner'S Monthly, have been most inter-
esting by reason of their "reminiscences
and his own ability to narrate them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-26

"The prohibitionists are the more
anxious to have an argument in this
matter as they are apprehensive of the
final result, inasmuch as in one of the
preliminary orders that has been made
the announcement officially was that
the decision below was affirmed by a
divided court here. The decision of
the court below was that the Iowa pro-
hibitory law, so far as it applies to
saloon-keepers and forbids them from
selling liquor, is constitutional, and
that the power to regulate the sale of
liquors in the saloon by retail is within
the right of the state. This was the
decision which was rendered by United
States District Judge Brewer, who,
however, in the case of the brewery or
distillery, has decided the Iowa prohi-
bition law is unconstitutional, unless the
state, before destroying the establish
ment, should compensate its owner for
its cost or he responsible in damages
for its destruction. The decision of
Judge Brewer proceeded upon the
ground that the brewer or distiller had
vested right in his property before
the prohibition law was enacted, and
that the law, if put in execution, would
be violation of that portion of the
federal Constitution which protects
vested rights" 1t is stated that four
members of the United States supreme
court believe, with Judge Brewer,
that the state of Iowa can, under the
Constitution, prevent the saloon-keeper
from selling liquor, and that there are,
on the other hand, four members of the
United States supreme court who are
of the opinion that the Iowa law is in
this respect unconstitutional. The final
determination of the whole question
may turn upon the opinion of the ninth
justice, not yet appointed, but who will
probably be Mr.. Lamar, the present
secretary of the interior
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-26
A Hopeful Sign.

Mr.. Editor We were glad to notice the
organization of a most promising Loyal
Temperance League at Waterbury Center
few weeks ago. One of the most hopeful
signs of the times to any careful observer
is the work among the children and young
people. But while all of us honor the work
a few are doing in so many communities, IL
has occurred to MS to wonder II the rest OF
the community, not directly engaged IN the
management of these societies, realize that
they have any personal responsibility in
the matter. We wonder if all the parents
are ready to give their best influence to
help the children keep the pledge of the
League, and if those who are not parents
will remember that as these children are
helped to be faithful and are true in this
obligation just so surely are they strength
ened to keep all other obligations, and the
foundations of reliable character are built
up and made strong and firm and stead
fast. We hardly realize how charac-
ter is formed out of these small begin
nings and how soon the children who
amuse us now with their little doings will
become the men and women upon whom
will rest the burdens and duties and grave
responsibilities of citizenship and the care
and preservation of home and society. Train
them by all influences possible to be reli-
able men and women, with whom the high
est interests of home and society will be
safe. Do not think lightly of their childish
promises. Do not think it a tritling matter
whether or not they keep those promises
sacredly. Let no light word or careless
speech or act of older people cool their eager
enthusiasm, dampen their fresh ardor or
tempt them for one moment from their
faithfulness TO this Loyal League. Stand
by the children, There is no holier work
in all the world, none that gives brighter
promise for the future of state or nation,
than the training of the children into right
ways of thinking, right principles of living
and right habits of acting. See that we in
jure none of these " little ones" c. A.. S.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-26
The Presidents Speeches.

Any attempt to make a great man out
of a small one must be a conspicuous
failure. The mugwump admirers of
President Cleveland are trying this futile
experiment. Thus the Boston Herald,
referring to the speeches made by Mr..
Cleveland on his journey West and
South, says: zone of the surprises in
Mr.. Cleveland's career has been the eff
brain in the composition of his letters
and speeches. In this respect he has
attained fitness-a felicity even-in
expression which has been equaled by
few of the public men of the longest
training in Washington" 1t is true
that all men of eminent ability are not
great orators, but it is evident that the
President cannot lay claim to either
distinction. 1t is not the manner of
his speaking, but the matter of his
speeches, which provokes criticism. His
speeches are commonplace efforts, con-
tanning nothing of particular weight or
significance or that will be long re-
membered. A queer but not improb-
able story is told to the effect that be-
fore starting on his trip the President
spent many hours for two weeks pre-
pairing his speeches for delivery at the
various places where he expected to
stop, and that they were studied out
and memorized in advance. No one
can fairly claim that Mr.. Cleveland's
oratorical efforts have risen above me-
diocrity. 1t has been left TO the demo-
cratic and mugwump partisans of the
President to discover that" his speeches
have been good throughout" The
Herald admits that more notable
speeches have been made by "political
tourists" and it mentions William II.
Stewards series of campaign speeches
in 1860 and Horace Greeley's in 1872;
but it makes no reference to the splen-
did addresses delivered by Mr.. Blaine
in 1884, and which in strength, COM
prehensiveness and fertility of resource
have never been surpassed in any cam
paign. The Philadelphia Press truly
says of them: " They abound in apt
illustrations and in ready applications
of the issues of the campaign to the
local interests of the places in which
they were delivered, and display wide
acquaintance with the industrial and
political history of the people to whom
they were addressed. They showed
also keen appreciation of the past
achievements and future possibilities of
the Gordon of great states through
which he passed, and left an impress
sion which will never be effaced from
the memory of those who were for
tunate enough to hear them. Read
to-day in the cold light of criticism, and
with none of the glow which the en-
thusiasm of a heated campaign always
imparts to the speeches of even second
rate orators, these two or three hun
dred addresses display such strength
of intellect, such an aggressive Ameri-
canism and such clear, forceful grasp
of the questions of the day and readi-
ness in illustrating them as to excite
fully as much admiration as when they
were first uttered"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-26

GOVERNOR SAWYER of New Hamp-
shire last week vetoed the Hazen rail-
road bill, which permitted the Boston
e. Maine to lease the Boston & Lowell
and its New Hampshire system. The
only reason given in the governors
veto message for his action is that
the evidence obtained thus far in the
bribery investigation justifies the be-
lief that deliberate and systematic at
tempts have been made at bribery by
both sides; and he expresses the
opinion that the best way to check such
methods is to make it certain that no
bill passed under such circumstances
can become law. 1t is said that the
veto was as much of surprise to the
friends of the Concord road as to the
Boston & Maine interest. Though it
is stated that the governor would have
vetoed the measure championed by the
former if it had passed the legislature
yet the effect of his veto of the Hazen
bill is entirely in the interest of the
Concord road. OF course the latter are
very jubilant over the result and the
Boston q Maine people are correspond.
ingly depressed. 1t is probable that
the railroad question in New Hamp,
shire is settled for two years so far as
legislation is concerned. The contest
has been an expensive one for the
state as well as for the parties in inter
est. 1t is admitted that the Boston 4
Maine have paid out nearly $250,000
and probably the expense to the Con
cord railroad has been quite as large.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-26

AFTER stormy session the annual
convention of the Knights of Labor at
Minneapolis resulted in an endorse
ment of Mr.. Powderly's policy, though
it disclosed a state of feeling in the
organization which bodies no good to
its future welfare. The socialistic
element sought to antagonize Mr.. Pow
derby in his views on temperance and
the repression of the anarchists, but
was signally defeated. Since the con-
vention thirty-fve of the delegates,
representing thirteen states, have held
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-26

THE United States supreme court
has refused to grant the motion of the
attorney for the prohibitionists that the
cases which were orally argued by Sen
ator Vest and Mr.. Choate be reopened.
Attorney-general Bradford of Kansas
has filed new motion. A Washington
special 10 the Boston Journal says:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-26

READ the "great offers - at the
head of the first column on the local
page of this paper. Since making the
first announcement in last weeks issue
we have made arrangements to include
the Troy Weekly Times and the New
York Weekly Mail and Cypress in the
list, and also to offer the Boston Jour-
nal and New York Tribune at the same
price to both old and new subscribers
to those papers in this state. All are
excellent republican papers and will
support the republican candidate foi
president next year, whoever he may
be-whether it is Blaine, Sherman
Allison, Harrison, Lincoln "or any
other man." 1t is needless to add that
the WATCHMAN will do likewise.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-26

meeting in Chicago and announced
their determination to bring about a
reorganization of the order. They have
issued circular, addressed to Knights
all over the country, which condemns
the usurpation of power, violation of
the orders laws by high officers, and
enters into long and bitter arraign-
ment of the officers, charging them
with being the most corrupt, hypo-
critical, autocratic and tyrannical board
ever in control of labor organization.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-05
BLACK Wolf !!

Or Black Leprosy, is adiseaso which is considered
i~ncurable, bnt It has yielded to the curative proper.
tiee OF SwIFr's SPKcIr1c-now known all over the
world as 8. 8. s. Mrs. Bailey, OF West Someryiiie,
Aass., near Boston, was attacked several years ago
with this hideoue black eruption, and was treated ~
d1eease was q species OF
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-05
a Mritten Guaranfe
MARRIAGE CUTIE

Elegant cloth and gilt binding. Sealed for 500
~ money Or postage stamps Over fifty wonder.
1ui pen pictures, showing who may marry, who
Manhood. Wonianhood. Physical decay. Who
should marry: How life and happiness may be
increased. Those married or about to marry
thinking 7man and woman. Popular ra;,,cr
paper cover, 20c. Address DIR. VIIITTIER
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-05
Sidewalk Resolution.

AsResolution for the 0onstruction of 8 Side
walk on the moth side of Fifth street be.
tween Maple and Spruce streets.
Be it Resolved by the Mayer and Council of
the City of Yankton.
Section i. That it is, and la hereby declared
necessary, that the following sidewalk should
be constructed in the SAID city of Yankton,
to-wit: On the north side of Fifth street be-
tween Maple and Spruce streets, in front of
lots 2. 9, 9and 10. block zs, in Mobiles addition.
wide, the outer edge thereof to be laid ten feet
dist ant from the adjacentlots yedescribed
and the said sidewalk shall bo con
of wool and in ali respects in
acoordasicc witE:he requiremssS: of the erai-
nances Of the city. and plans ana Specifications
proved by the psayor and council, The said
alongside, or IN front of any of the
aforesaid lots, situated on q corner, made BY
the intersection of two streets, shall he tx
tended to the curb line of the crossing street,
or so ~ to meet and connect with any side
hereafter, upon such crossing street,
Sec. 3 : That the cost and expense of making
the aforesaid improvements SHAH be betrayed
by special tax, TO be levied upon the aforeOaid
lots, or parts of lots, bounding or abnstiptE on
the same. in proportion to the feet 'front.' of
ting.
SEQ. 4. That said sidewalk may be laid on
nm approximate grade 10 conform to tho aur-
face of the ground, es designated in the said
plans I'D specifications to be prepared by the
city engineer
Sec. : That this resolution shall be pub
lished for four consecutive weeks in the official
ns wspspe: of the city
Adopted November 9Th. 1881.
y kIHssnuxr, City CLERK.
Approval this 9Th day OF NcFsra uer fe81.
{sAEEa r.. 2AaAsAKR, haAYsrs
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-05
PRIslANs PLEASURES.

Mccncs which Followed the Resignation
OF Grevy-Carn0s Elected PEesi-
dent.
Paris, Dec. 2-phe second OF Decen-
Der is again destined to go down in
history as 9 day memorable in the
annals of France. AT an early hour this
morning thousands of Parisians throng-
cd to the Place de 10 Ooncorae and
perched themselves like crows on the
benches u stone baiuatrades beneath
the statues Strassbourg. Lyons and Mar
~seilless At. l o'clock General Soussier
and his aide-de-camp roda slowly down
the Champs Eiysee, 8 squadron of the
garde republlcaine cheyal clearing the
ground. The crowd was perfectly good
natnred, shouting "a bias Ferryio
AT o'clock the deputies all thronged
into the Palais Bourbon like schooibuys,
quid republlcalns ON foot forming bar
riers to enable them to push through.
Inside the chamber itself the scene was
very impressive. Hundreds OF ladies'
flied the galleries. In the diplomatic
lodge were Mr.. McLane, Count Munster
and all the attaches, nj. Floquet, at q
quarter past 2 O'Clock, brought his ivory
hammer down with a whack and in q
stentorian voice shouted:
II invite you to preserve the most
profound silence out OF respect for YOUR
selves and for the nation that you re-
present. :"
All the deputies ct once became as
etill as mice and Floques read slowly
and distinctly the presidents message
When he come to the passage s4MOn de-
vour ct mon droit sernient de Fesister.'
there was o loud murmer OF disappsoba-
ton. The rest Of the message was lis
tened TO in cold silence, / happened to
be seated in the gallery next to this Mar
quiE de BeauyoIr, who ID the official re-
preventative of the Oomte de Paris. DE
Besuvoir exclaimed as soon az the read
ing OF the message ended:
s.Eh, bien VOLTA. 1t lie o very dignih-
ed message and is as thorough q DENIM
citation of the republic as could have
been written by the most reactionary
conservatives"
M. Clovis Hughes, the exnisable de-
putty from MarseIles, exclaimed, ia an
undertone: 'sOh, ii est bien mort main
tenant"
Everybody then rushed into thu
Hobbies to discuss the chances OF can
didates at the Versailles congress to.
morrow and the widest chattering ano
hullabalce epsned. 1.-THE corner lobby
near the statue of LAGOON, Lord Ram
dolph stood eagerly discussing the
situation with Fioanet.
At 8 o'clock | found the crowds out
side the Palaio Bourton being driven of
by G~etsokments of soldiers aud police
the crowd shouting always, "a bss
Ferry i''s .Meiit Ferryp
The mob was o good-natursd q anc
sang the Marseiliesn and "Carmagnole.'
Meanwhile a few hundred hot-tteadei
youngsters marched fromlthe Place ds
la Oonrorie down the avenue RivoYi Il
the Hotel do Louvre, where Boulsngel
lives, singing tRevenant dc la Revue
and heviing ont sspive BoulaDgerT bu,
B mlsnRer h,sd saiready quietly LETT Psr.:
~ Rsre dOsieans for Cisrgonl-Eerrand
10 retAks command of his thirteenth
! army corps As the Hotel de VILE
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-05
A pauKhter,s HabitunI Boshnos.

Chronic nssel catarfh positively cured
by Da. Sage's Kennedy
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-05
threatens to Break out Arreah

Threatens to Break out Afresh.
Benkleman, Neb., Dec. 2-Yesterday
Benkleman was again visited by citizens
Of Bird City, KAN, for arms and am
munition to carry on the Cheyenne
coanty seat war with Wano. II is re-
ported that the Wano people are arming
for another invasion. Having success-
fully captured the election returns, it ia
now said they Intended to return, take
possession of the court house, remove
ali the, records to Wapo and install the
officers to whoIn they have iasued oerti.
ficates of election, Bird City has tsle.
graphed the state OF affairs to Topeka
and asked that q detachment OF militia
| be sent for protection. Attorney Gem
eral Bradford will golto Cheyenne conn
ty to investigate the trouble, after which
the election contest will be decided IN
the supreme court.
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and. consequently incursble. It is impossible TO dc.
serbia her sufferings., Her body from the crown OF
her head to the soles Of her feet Was a mass Of decay.
masses OF fiesh rotting oil and leaving great cavities.
Her fingers festered and three or four nails dropped
OF at one time. Her limbs contracted by the fearful
nlcsrat!on, and for several years she did not leave
her bed. Her weight was reduced from 125 to 60 lbs.
Perhaps some faint idea OF her condition can be
CLEANED from the fact that three pounds Of Cosrnos
line or ointment were used per week In dressing her
sores Finally the physicians acknowledged their
defeat BY this Black Wolf, and commended the sur
fcrer to her a1l-wise Creator.
Hex husband hearing wonderful reports OF the upo
Of SwIrT's SrzcIrIo q. s.. ST., prevailed on her 10
tiy y a, last resort; She began its use under pro.
lieyed Of the poison, as the sores assumed a red and
healthy color, as though the blood was becoming
pure and actiyc. Mrs. Bailey continued the s. 6. d,
until last February; every sore was healed; she dis.
sarded chair and crutches, and was for the first time
In twelve years . well woman. Her husband, Mr..
/. A Bailey, is In business at INK Blackstone Street,
Bo.tton. and win take plessnre In giving tho details
81 this wonderful cure. Send to us for Treatise on
Hood and Skin Diseases, mailed free.
IHE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.. Drawer 8. Atlanta. &c.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-05
was America. Ever n,seoyerea :

Was america Ever Riscoyereas
At the time When Columbus started in
search of the New World, nearly every
man, m and child ia Europe insisted
that there was no New World to discover.
When he came back. crowned with
success, q large proportion Of these good
people adhered to their theory and if
they were alive to-day many OF them
would doubtless insist that America had
never been discovered at all. A man
will give up anything in the world more
readily then a pet Theory, For example.
look at ths individnals who still main
tain that consumption is %incurable. DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has
cured thousands upon thousands OF cases,
and will cure thousands more, but these
reople can't give up their point. Never
sheless the Discovery" will cure any
case of consumption, if taken in time.